Improvement in folding basket



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IMPROVEMENT IN IOLDING BASKET.

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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, A. M. OLDS, ot' the city, county, and State of NewYork, have invented a new and improved Folding Basket; and I do herebydeclare that the following is a full and exact description thereof,

reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters ofreference marked thereon, which form part of this specification. In saiddrawings- Figure 1 is a view in perspective of my folding basket whenadjusted for use.

Figure 2 is a view of the bottom of the same disconnected.

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts.'

This invention consists in so constructing a basket that it may readilybe folded compactly, when not in use, as may be desired.

In said drawings, A may represent horizontal slats, the ends of whichbeing connected together by means` of Wires B, passing through them,serving for hinges when adjustments are made.` Angles are formed in saidwires at requisite points for holding the bottom pieces G- C, passingthrough the same, near their outer edges. These two bottom pieces aremade a little wider than the space to be occupied, so that when theirinner edges are brought together inside, they will support the contentsof" the basket, one edge being grooved to prevent a 'se aration if theressure should not be uniform see fin. 2. A hook or brace, D, is ivotedto one of the slats P P n P so that when the basket is adjusted for use,it may be attached to another side of the basketin a diagonal direction,and hold it rigidly in its position. The slats are made uniform, ornearly so, in width, so that each side will fold into the spacesopposite compactly. At the lower corners of the basket, short pieces orsections, E, are secured, so as toA allow room for the bottom to foldtogether with the sides, 'said bottom pieces being heid in a. foldedposition bya pin, F, pressing into the opposite piece. The ends of thewires .B being bent over or riveted at the upper corners of the basket,secure all of the parts togetheijmakng a cheap and compact article forgeneral use, which itis believed will be universal, both as a basket andaberry-crate. The sides of the basket may be constructed so as tostandina. vertical position, or any angle desired, or the bottom muy beconstructed of a single piece, and arranged so as to be detached beforefolding. Said bars or slats represented by A, may be constructed ofsheet metal or wire, and looped around the corner wires, or otherwise beattached, so as to form the hinge referred to.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, is

1. As an improvement in the art of constructing baskets, boxes, orcrates, forming the sides of a series of slats or bars, united at thecorners by means of a wire or rod passing through them, and pivoting thesame together, so as to permit the article to be folded, substantiallyas described.

2. I claim also the folding bottom, when constructed and arranged tooperate substantially as set forth.

A. M. OLDS.

Witnesses:

W. C. DODGE, J. W. MEAKER.

